That a horse should be so handled and tied

That a horse should be so handled and tied

The three fundamental principles of the Rarey Theory. Heads of the Rarey Lectures. Editor’s paraphrase. That any horse may be taught docility. That a horse should be so handled and tied as to feel inferior to man. That a horse should be allowed to see, smell, and feel all fearful objects. Key note of the Rarey system.

First. That he is so constituted by nature that he will not offer resistance to any demand made of him which he fully comprehends, if made in a way consistent with the laws of his nature.